27/04/2017

Like him or loathe him, former PM and Treasurer Paul Keating provided some of the most memorable quotes in Australian politics.

• [on being criticised by Opposition Leader John Hewson] “… it was like being flogged with a warm lettuce.”

• [talking about John Howard] “He's wound up like a thousand-day clock! One (more half) turn and there'll be springs and sprockets all over the building. Mr Speaker, give him a valium.”

• [referring to Peter Costello] “He’s the greatest L plater of all time.”

• [on Andrew Peacock] “Can a soufflé rise twice?”